We went to the travel fair in Queen Sirikit with a goal to find a trip to Tachai island, as we’ve been wanting to go for ages.
Unless you want to spend days there trying to find good deals, it’s important to have a goal. We went a lot back and forth and asked pretty much everyone who offered trips to Tachai Island. The average price was around 6500 baht pr. person and this included the trip to Tachai from Khao Lak, and a two night stay in a hotel in Khao Lak (Khao Lak is the closest point to the piers to Tachai). The normal price if you book only the boat trip over to the islands starts at around 3000 baht. I’m mentioning this price because you will have to travel with a company to get there.
This left 3500 baht extra pr. person for two nights, which I thought was expensive, seeing the hotels didn’t look like more than 2000 baht.
We walked around for a couple of hours actually, and found one last place to ask. Here we were quoted 3400 baht pr. person this included the trip to Tachai AND two nights in a hotel at Karon beach and return transportation from the hotel to the pier in Khao Lak. We booked it on the spot!
The drive from Karon to Thap-Lamu pier took around one hour. We travelled to Tachai island with the company Fantastic similan, and I can’t recommend them enough! They are just amazing! What a fun crew. They organise photo ops and tell you absolutely everything you need to know about the island. You can read more about them here if you would want to make the same trip yourself.
The beach is perfect. White sand and clear blue waters. Not a single cloud on the sky…
//Bikini- Triangl swimwear//
Under the sea. There were almost no fish to spot, but it was fun anyways. Tom went on a long adventure trying to spot the nemo’s.
“It’s not about where you go, but who you travel with” – in this case both the location and travel partner were just perfect <3
We try to get a leap kiss wherever we travel- this one is the highest one yet!
The ladies from Fantastic similan made some great photo settings spread around the beach. They really know their thing. So much fun, and so many great photos taken.
P U R E H A P P I N E S S
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” ― Marilyn Monroe
Have you ever been or you would like to go?
-A
NOTE: Tachai Island is now closed permanently and there is no set opening for the future due.
I promised I’d tell you guys a little bit about our trip, so here we go… As I said we made a trip to Trang, which is located in the south of Thailand. We visited the three islands, Koh Kradan, Koh Mook and Koh Libong, spending two nights on each of them. In this post, I thought I would tell you about Kradan, which was the first and in my eyes the best of the island we visited.
Despite its natural beauty, Koh Kradan is still largely unknown as a tourism destination.
The island itself is very easy to get to, you can either book the whole trip on the airport on arrival, or you can go by van to the pier and then get a boat. (which is half the price). We went there during low season, so it was only a handful of tourist there, which I absolutely loved. It was so peaceful and quiet there. There were only three resorts open, and just one restaurant on the whole island. The beaches are white and sandy with crystal clear waters. Apparently it’s a perfect destination for scuba diving and snorkeling during high season.
There’s swings and hammocks everywhere and it’s picture perfect whatever angle you get a picture from.
The colours there are perfect. Everything fits so beautifully together. All existing shades of blue. Dreamy.
Couples paradise. You can see our little beach hut in the background. Perfectly located on the beach. They also have more luxurious accommodations with aircon aswell, but we loved these.
We had an amazing time on the island. There was only one thing to complain about and that was the mosquitos. We didn’t get to see the sunset on the island, seeing all the accommodation was on the sunrise side of the island. We tried walking through the forest but there was no chance. There were hundreds of mosquitos and even how hard we tried to brush them off they were stuck! I looked like something walking out of a bee’s nest after entering the forest. Coming during low season also means you need to be able to eat Thai food, as there is only one restaurant. I’m sure it’s very different during high season, but seriously I’d trade variety of food and drinks for fewer people and littering any day. Oh yes, and no electricity from ca 9am to 6pm which really isn’t a problem. Seriously guys, it’s just like having your own little private island.
All you need<3
If you ever go to Thailand, you should visit! So far this is my favourite island in all of Thailand. Remember, you can also make it a day trip from one of the other islands.